Celebrations

Well it's May 17 and for me that marks an extra candle on top of the cake but it also got me thinking what other historical landmarks where marked by this date in history? I did some research so here they are.

218- 7Th recorded perihelion passage of Hailey's Comet

1590- Anne of Denmark was crowned Queen of Scotland

1620- 1st merry-go-round seen at a fair in Philippapolis Turkey

1630- Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi is first to see 2 belts on Jupiter surface

1790- New York Stock Exchange is established

1804- Lewis and Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase

1845- Rubber band is patented

1875- 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75

1876- 7Th US Cavalry under Custer leaves Ft Lincoln

1881- New Testament is revised

1883- Buffalo Bill Cody's 1st wild west show debuts in Omaha

1884- Alaska becomes a US state

1916- British Summer Time (Daylight Savings) 1st introduced

1932- Congress changes name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico"

1935- English novelist Dennis Potter is born

1936- Easy Rider himself Dennis Hopper is born

1937- Juan Negrin succeeds Largo Caballero as Spain's Premier

1939- 1st sports telecast- Columbia vs Princeton- College baseball

1942- Blues legend Taj Mahal is born

1961- Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers

1963- Bruno Sammartino defeats Nature Boy Buddy Rodgers in 48 seconds to become

WWWF World Champion at Madison Square Garden, it begins the longest World Championship reign in Pro Wrestling history

1968- European Space Organization launches 1st satellite

1972- Tottenham Hotspur wins 1st UEFA Cup in London

1973- Senate Watergate Committee begins it's hearing

1975- NBC paid $5M for rights to show "Gone with the wind" one time

1976- Earthquake in Uzbekistan kills 1000's

1980- Kumar Anandan balanced on one foot for 33 hours

1982- The Housebound Writer is born

1984- Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "Monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend," sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal family and the course of modern architecture

1989- Longest cab ride ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000!

1989- Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa

1989-Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" auctioned for $825M

1990- Dow Jones average hits a record 2,831.71

1990- Cheers star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI

1993- Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled

2004- Massachusetts becomes the first US state to legalize same-sex marriage

2007- Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38Th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized zone since 1953

I think you'll agree not a bad date to have as your birthday.

Thanking you

The Housebound Writer